Sunday, January 10, 2016

Ahmedabad is widely known as the “Manchester of East”. The tourist destinations in Ahmedabad provide a perfect mixture of heritage and a vibrant modern city life. Walled City and The Gates, Teen Darwaza and Rani no Haziro, Museums, Akshardham and Walking History lesson are some of the must see places in the city. The Ahmedabad city is now the seventh largest metropolis in India. Generally Ahmedabad has been one of the most vital centres of commerce and trade in western India. It is perfect destination for those who love to visit great places. Some of the features that perfectly define the Ahmedabad city are fine monuments, wonderful museums and elegant lakes. There is a plenty of sightseeing places in Ahmedabad that are really worth visiting. Adalaj is one of the most outstanding step wells of Gujarat. It serves as a remarkable retreat during the months of scorching heat.Ahmedabad enjoys a booming cultural tradition, being the centre of Gujarati cultural activities and varied traditions of different cultural and spiritual communities. General celebrations and compliances include Uttarayan an annual kite-festival on 14 January. The nine nights of Navratri is celebrated with people performing Garba . It is the folk dance of Gujarat.

Ahmedabad, the former capital of Gujarat and the seventh largest metropolis in India, is well knownfor food and culture. Ahmedabad is a paradise for food lovers.Bhatiyar Gali, Kalupur, Khau Gali,Jamalpur , manek chowk and IIMA are famous for street food. Ahmedabad has got various beautiful tourist attractions like Walled City and The Gates, Teen Darwaza and Rani no Haziro, Museums and Akshardham. Adalaj vav is one of the most outstanding step wells of Gujarat. Thol Lake in Ahmedabad, is a Bird Sanctuary and is a lovely place with mesmerizing view during sunrise, it is worth visiting.

Ahmedabad known for its diversified culture and various festivals such as Uttrayan (Festival of Kites), Navaratri (Festival of ras garba), and Rathyatra (Festival of Lord Jagannath) .Ahmedabad offers the toursits various interesting and historical places. Ancient mosques, temples and forts are the main attraction for tourist. Visitors like to visit Jumma Masjud, Hutheesingh derasar and famous sabarmati ashram.

Netflix is finally launched in India. Co- founder and Chief Executive Reed Hastings said, “It is one of the cross-platform video streaming service through which users can watch content on screens from smartphones to a smart television”. The video streaming service works with various devices such as Smart TV platforms and Microsoft Xbox. Moreover, Netflix is also offering a one-month free trial package where people can select between any of the three monthly packages such as Basic, Standard and Premium.

Pricing Options:

For India, Netflix has the same pricing compared to its US market. If you sign up using your PC, you get three options- Rs.500 (Basic) and with basic plan you can watch movies and shows once on a single screen. Basic plan allows streaming in SD (Standard Definition). For Rs.650 per month (Standard) you can access two simultaneous screens. Rs.800 (Premium) plan allows streaming in UHD (Ultra-high Definition). First month is free for all users. Further, for payment, you can pay using a credit card and PayPal. $1(Rs.70) is charged during signup to authenticate your card as an initial fee. Netflix standard subscribers now pay $8.88 per month, not much more than the Rs 600 base price in India.

Content:

At the time of signup process, you have to specify if you are an adult above 18 years. This means there will be no censored content as everything will be rated. During profile creation, Netflix allows you to identify children and helps in parental control. Talking about local Indian content, there arelatest Bollywood movies included such as Lootera, Piku, Youngistaan, Heropanti and even some classic movies such as Hum Apke Hai Kaun, Shor in the city and AndaazApnaApna. This streaming giant seems to have well-balanced international and local content. Netflix has gained popularity in the Indian market within two days of its launch and it seems the company may crack some deals in terms of content in the near future.

While opting for this video streaming application remember you can’t download any videosas streaming an HD movie can take as much as 3GB data. Ensure yourbroadband plansoffer big data cap for its fair usage policy. For smooth streaming 5MBPs connection is suggested by Netflix or else it can be an expensive plan for you.

In India, broadband speed can be one of the major issue. Cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore do have good internet speeds, but most parts of India still have speed issues with broadband. This can be a challenge for Netflix to have a firm grasp in the Indian market.

Recently, Apple launched its ever biggest tablet, “The iPad Pro” latest version of Apple TV and two iPhones with a “3D touch” at an event heldin San Francisco named “Hey Siri”. The new iPad Pro is specially launched for business users which comes in 12.9 inch screen for the current full size iPad. You can play more powerful games and split screens as it weighs 1.57 pounds with a width of 9.4 inches. These three apps are good examples that make sense on a bigger screen.

It comes paired with Apple’s iOS 9 operating system, providing the tablet features including Apple’s low power battery saving mode and Split view Multitasking. Basically, the iPad Pro will also offer apps specially designed for Apple Pencil Stylus with firms like Adobe and Microsoft. In a surprise launch, two Microsoft executives joined the event to show Microsoft office demo on the iPad Pro. The demo has been previewed spilt screens with PowerPoint presentation and Microsoft Word.They were trailed by an executive at Adobe, who showed a new app known as Photoshop Fix.

New iPhones with '3D Touch'

The New iPhones were launched within half an hour during Apple’s presentation. It may look familiar, but they have changed everything about these new iPhones. Its new addition is “3D Touch”, with screen sensors to detect between extended finger pressures and a light lap to activate different functions. You can have access for taking a selfie by pressing down the slider on the new iPhones. This 3D touch will show the page link without opening the browser through the message box. These iPhones come with 12 megapixel iSight with improved sensor cameras.

In the drawing apps, the 3D touch display also has a few more actions with the capacity to sense pressure. By pressing harder you can create thicker lines and by lighter you can create thinner line. For multitasking view, press alongside the left hand side of the home screen.

Theintial price rate is from $199 for a 6S and from $299 for a 6S plus.

Many experts question whether the new features will encourage the same type of user demand that boosted last year's iPhone success story. Since launching of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple sold a record 183 iPhones in 9 months.